Latest items for Burma/Myanmar
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"SFM says its research is an attempt to investigate and hold perpetrators to account for human rights violations carried out by government forces in Myanmar against protesters and civilians" (par. 3).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"SFM says its research is an attempt to investigate and hold perpetrators to account for human rights violations carried out by government forces in Myanmar against protesters and civilians" (par. 3).
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"But, despite being widely documented, there has never been a realistic path to hold the perpetrators to account for women such as Khatun" (par. 11). "In 2019, the international criminal court (ICC) approved a full investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by Myanmar but progress has been slow" (par. 12).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"But, despite being widely documented, there has never been a realistic path to hold the perpetrators to account for women such as Khatun" (par. 11). "In 2019, the international criminal court (ICC) approved a full investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by Myanmar but progress has been slow" (par. 12).
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The violence carried out by the Myanmar military, which has been described as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the UN, saw entire villages razed, tens of thousands killed and women and children gang-raped" (par. 7). "Among the survivors was Fatima Khatun, 24, who has been living in the squalid Kutupalong camp in the Bangladeshi port of Cox’s Bazar ever since. She still has nightmares about what happened to her in the summer of 2017. Khatun had been hiding in the forest after her house was burned down by the Myanmar military when two soldiers found her. One pinned her down while the other brutally raped her. 'They held...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The violence carried out by the Myanmar military, which has been described as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the UN, saw entire villages razed, tens of thousands killed and women and children gang-raped" (par. 7). "Among the survivors was Fatima Khatun, 24, who has been living in the squalid Kutupalong camp in the Bangladeshi port of Cox’s Bazar ever since. She still has nightmares about what happened to her in the summer of 2017. Khatun had been hiding in the forest after her house was burned down by the Myanmar military when two soldiers found her. One pinned her down while the other brutally raped her. 'They held...more
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"New research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders in the Myanmar military, many of whom hold powerful political positions in the country, were responsible for crimes including rape, torture, killings and forced disappearances carried out by units under their command between 2011 and 2023. The research, by the Security Force Monitor (SFM), a project run by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, states that 64% – 51 of 79 – of all Myanmar’s senior military commanders are responsible for war crimes" (par. 1-2).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"New research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders in the Myanmar military, many of whom hold powerful political positions in the country, were responsible for crimes including rape, torture, killings and forced disappearances carried out by units under their command between 2011 and 2023. The research, by the Security Force Monitor (SFM), a project run by Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute, states that 64% – 51 of 79 – of all Myanmar’s senior military commanders are responsible for war crimes" (par. 1-2).
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It has been six years since a murderous crackdown in Rakhine state forced more than 750,000 Rohingya Muslims – half of them children – across the border into refugee camps in Bangladesh" (par. 6).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It has been six years since a murderous crackdown in Rakhine state forced more than 750,000 Rohingya Muslims – half of them children – across the border into refugee camps in Bangladesh" (par. 6).
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:53 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Part of the large Burmese diaspora in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Ms. Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes. But she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels and her demand that at least 30 percent of every panel be female. Some critics have implied that attacking opposition figures makes her complicit with the military. A few manelists, or members of all-male panels, have vowed to change. Not all of them have made good on that promise" (para 6-7). "Initially, Ms. Ying Lao challenged manelists and organizers in private. When her concerns were dismissed, she went public. Now she and a handful of other female...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Part of the large Burmese diaspora in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Ms. Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes. But she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels and her demand that at least 30 percent of every panel be female. Some critics have implied that attacking opposition figures makes her complicit with the military. A few manelists, or members of all-male panels, have vowed to change. Not all of them have made good on that promise" (para 6-7). "Initially, Ms. Ying Lao challenged manelists and organizers in private. When her concerns were dismissed, she went public. Now she and a handful of other female...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Initially, Ms. Ying Lao challenged manelists and organizers in private. When her concerns were dismissed, she went public. Now she and a handful of other female activists call out every manel they come across with a campaign they call Burma’s Manels Watch. Both the organizers and the manelists are the targets of their ire" (para 14-15). "For International Women’s Day in March 2023, Ms. Ying Lao arranged an exhibition in Chiang Mai. Its tagline declared: 'A manel a day keeps democracy away.' Visitors gazed at screenshots and pictures of hundreds of manelists staring at them from posters. There was a bingo board showcasing common excuses used by manel organizers to...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Initially, Ms. Ying Lao challenged manelists and organizers in private. When her concerns were dismissed, she went public. Now she and a handful of other female activists call out every manel they come across with a campaign they call Burma’s Manels Watch. Both the organizers and the manelists are the targets of their ire" (para 14-15). "For International Women’s Day in March 2023, Ms. Ying Lao arranged an exhibition in Chiang Mai. Its tagline declared: 'A manel a day keeps democracy away.' Visitors gazed at screenshots and pictures of hundreds of manelists staring at them from posters. There was a bingo board showcasing common excuses used by manel organizers to...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Unless we are effectively fighting the patriarchy, we will never defeat the military,' said Ms. Ying Lao, who runs the Salween Institute for Public Policy, a Myanmar-focused think tank" (para 5). "But that is an incorrect appraisal of Ms. Ying Lao’s efforts, said Debbie Stothard, director of Altsean-Burma, a regional rights group supporting women’s empowerment in Myanmar" (para 27).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Unless we are effectively fighting the patriarchy, we will never defeat the military,' said Ms. Ying Lao, who runs the Salween Institute for Public Policy, a Myanmar-focused think tank" (para 5). "But that is an incorrect appraisal of Ms. Ying Lao’s efforts, said Debbie Stothard, director of Altsean-Burma, a regional rights group supporting women’s empowerment in Myanmar" (para 27).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"A panel discussion in Myanmar about female leadership had two speakers. Both were male. Another talk, about how to stay safe from the military government’s deadly bombing campaign against civilians, featured four men and no women. Yet another, an event to raise funds for rebel forces, gathered more than a dozen speakers online, all of them men. Over the past four years, Ying Lao has documented scores of 'manels' — all-male panels — organized by the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar" (para 1-4). "With the exception of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former civilian leader, the country’s politics have been dominated by men. She was the only female member of...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"A panel discussion in Myanmar about female leadership had two speakers. Both were male. Another talk, about how to stay safe from the military government’s deadly bombing campaign against civilians, featured four men and no women. Yet another, an event to raise funds for rebel forces, gathered more than a dozen speakers online, all of them men. Over the past four years, Ying Lao has documented scores of 'manels' — all-male panels — organized by the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar" (para 1-4). "With the exception of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former civilian leader, the country’s politics have been dominated by men. She was the only female member of...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Women have rejected cultural norms by picking up weapons against the military. And they have suffered sexual violence perpetrated by the military for decades" (para 11).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Women have rejected cultural norms by picking up weapons against the military. And they have suffered sexual violence perpetrated by the military for decades" (para 11).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"But women have been at the forefront of the struggle against the junta. They have marched in peaceful protests. They strung up their sarongs over streets as shields because many men fear that walking under them will sap their virility. Women have rejected cultural norms by picking up weapons against the military" (para 10).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, EWCMS-PRACTICE-4
"But women have been at the forefront of the struggle against the junta. They have marched in peaceful protests. They strung up their sarongs over streets as shields because many men fear that walking under them will sap their virility. Women have rejected cultural norms by picking up weapons against the military" (para 10).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:19 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"One aspect of that order is the tradition of hpoun, a belief that asserts that men possess greater spiritual power than women. It often keeps women from rising in society" (para 9). "Not all segments of Burmese society see women as inferior to men" (para 11).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"One aspect of that order is the tradition of hpoun, a belief that asserts that men possess greater spiritual power than women. It often keeps women from rising in society" (para 9). "Not all segments of Burmese society see women as inferior to men" (para 11).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Belarus, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kuwait, Libya, Montenegro, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Syria, Turkmenistan
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
10
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
10
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"This desperation is forcing women to break the law by selling sex. Those detained by the police often have to pay bribes to secure their release, adding another layer of jeopardy" (par. 17).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"This desperation is forcing women to break the law by selling sex. Those detained by the police often have to pay bribes to secure their release, adding another layer of jeopardy" (par. 17).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2, AFE-LAW-1
"After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unraveling" (par. 1).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-2, AFE-LAW-1
"After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unraveling" (par. 1).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1
"Women have borne the brunt of the economic crisis. They already earn less compared with their male counterparts — a study from April to June 2024 showed female daily-wage workers make an average of about $5, while men could earn as much as 40 percent more doing the same job" (par. 24).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1
"Women have borne the brunt of the economic crisis. They already earn less compared with their male counterparts — a study from April to June 2024 showed female daily-wage workers make an average of about $5, while men could earn as much as 40 percent more doing the same job" (par. 24).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-DATA-2
"And the unemployment rate for women remains far higher than that for men" (par. 24).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-DATA-2
"And the unemployment rate for women remains far higher than that for men" (par. 24).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Garment factories were once a lifeline for women from Myanmar’s villages and were projected to employ 1.6 million workers by 2026. Many of these are now shut and their companies have pulled out of Myanmar after the coup" (par. 25).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Garment factories were once a lifeline for women from Myanmar’s villages and were projected to employ 1.6 million workers by 2026. Many of these are now shut and their companies have pulled out of Myanmar after the coup" (par. 25).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"But the rise in prostitution is another blow to the status of women, who have been sexually abused by the military for decades" (par. 8). "There is no end in sight to this misery — the junta has lost a lot of ground to the rebels but still controls Myanmar’s cities, where prostitution has increased in brothels, karaoke bars, nightclubs and hotels" (par. 9).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"But the rise in prostitution is another blow to the status of women, who have been sexually abused by the military for decades" (par. 8). "There is no end in sight to this misery — the junta has lost a lot of ground to the rebels but still controls Myanmar’s cities, where prostitution has increased in brothels, karaoke bars, nightclubs and hotels" (par. 9).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"It is hard to track how many women are involved in the trade, but women plying the streets have become much more apparent. In interviews, half a dozen women — four white-collar workers who have turned to prostitution and two rights activists — said that more educated women are now having sex with men to make a living" (par. 7). "There is no end in sight to this misery — the junta has lost a lot of ground to the rebels but still controls Myanmar’s cities, where prostitution has increased in brothels, karaoke bars, nightclubs and hotels" (par. 9).
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"It is hard to track how many women are involved in the trade, but women plying the streets have become much more apparent. In interviews, half a dozen women — four white-collar workers who have turned to prostitution and two rights activists — said that more educated women are now having sex with men to make a living" (par. 7). "There is no end in sight to this misery — the junta has lost a lot of ground to the rebels but still controls Myanmar’s cities, where prostitution has increased in brothels, karaoke bars, nightclubs and hotels" (par. 9).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-DATA-3
"It is hard to track how many women are involved in the trade, but women plying the streets have become much more apparent. In interviews, half a dozen women — four white-collar workers who have turned to prostitution and two rights activists — said that more educated women are now having sex with men to make a living" (par. 7).
Variables: IRP-DATA-3
"It is hard to track how many women are involved in the trade, but women plying the streets have become much more apparent. In interviews, half a dozen women — four white-collar workers who have turned to prostitution and two rights activists — said that more educated women are now having sex with men to make a living" (par. 7).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle. Prices soared and May’s paycheck, the equivalent of $415 a month, evaporated even faster. With her father suffering from kidney disease, she grew more and more desperate. Then she met 'date girls,' who were making twice as much as her. The money was enticing — even if it involved sex with men. 'It’s difficult to accept that, despite all my years of study to become a doctor, I’m now doing this kind of work just to make ends meet,' said May, 26, who has been working as a...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle. Prices soared and May’s paycheck, the equivalent of $415 a month, evaporated even faster. With her father suffering from kidney disease, she grew more and more desperate. Then she met 'date girls,' who were making twice as much as her. The money was enticing — even if it involved sex with men. 'It’s difficult to accept that, despite all my years of study to become a doctor, I’m now doing this kind of work just to make ends meet,' said May, 26, who has been working as a...more
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement" (par. 10).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement" (par. 10).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Following the coup, women were at the forefront of protests. They marched on the streets and hung up their sarongs as a hex against soldiers" (par. 8).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Following the coup, women were at the forefront of protests. They marched on the streets and hung up their sarongs as a hex against soldiers" (par. 8).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement. Then a friend pitched her a way to make money. Just be a date girl, her friend said. Before her first day on the job, Zar, 25, said she watched some pornography to try to figure out what to do. She said her first client was a Chinese man who looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom, but she insisted that he had to use one. 'It lasted about 20...more
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement. Then a friend pitched her a way to make money. Just be a date girl, her friend said. Before her first day on the job, Zar, 25, said she watched some pornography to try to figure out what to do. She said her first client was a Chinese man who looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom, but she insisted that he had to use one. 'It lasted about 20...more
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement. Then a friend pitched her a way to make money. Just be a date girl, her friend said. Before her first day on the job, Zar, 25, said she watched some pornography to try to figure out what to do. She said her first client was a Chinese man who looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom, but she insisted that he had to use one. 'It lasted about 20...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"Zar was a nurse at a private hospital in Mandalay, which was shut down by the military government because its doctors had joined the protest movement. Then a friend pitched her a way to make money. Just be a date girl, her friend said. Before her first day on the job, Zar, 25, said she watched some pornography to try to figure out what to do. She said her first client was a Chinese man who looked around 40 and spoke little Burmese and no English. At one point, he tried to have sex without a condom, but she insisted that he had to use one. 'It lasted about 20...more
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"She, like others who spoke for this article, asked not to be identified by her full name because her family does not know how she earns money and prostitution is illegal in Myanmar" (par. 2-4).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"She, like others who spoke for this article, asked not to be identified by her full name because her family does not know how she earns money and prostitution is illegal in Myanmar" (par. 2-4).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2
"Estelle knew she had to flee Myanmar. The military junta had just announced it would introduce conscription to bolster its forces against myriad armed groups challenging its power, and she was terrified she would be forced to fight. The former government worker, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is among thousands of people who have decided to leave their homes since the mandatory military service law was announced in February, and then came into effect in April" (par. 1-2). But they took the risk anyway despite the fact that, at 36, Estelle falls outside the age range for conscription. A few days after its initial announcement, the...more
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2
"Estelle knew she had to flee Myanmar. The military junta had just announced it would introduce conscription to bolster its forces against myriad armed groups challenging its power, and she was terrified she would be forced to fight. The former government worker, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is among thousands of people who have decided to leave their homes since the mandatory military service law was announced in February, and then came into effect in April" (par. 1-2). But they took the risk anyway despite the fact that, at 36, Estelle falls outside the age range for conscription. A few days after its initial announcement, the...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-1
"And in the past months, there have been signs that their exemption from military service may be coming to an end. Several media have said that local-level officials serving under the military's administration were drawing up lists of women who were eligible to be called up to the army. The military has denied these claims - describing them as "fake news" - but an analysis of military pamphlets and pro-military media channels conducted by the Burma Affairs and Conflict Study (BACS) advocacy group found that women were likely to be included in the fifth batch of conscripts, due to be called up in August" (par. 38-40).
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-1
"And in the past months, there have been signs that their exemption from military service may be coming to an end. Several media have said that local-level officials serving under the military's administration were drawing up lists of women who were eligible to be called up to the army. The military has denied these claims - describing them as "fake news" - but an analysis of military pamphlets and pro-military media channels conducted by the Burma Affairs and Conflict Study (BACS) advocacy group found that women were likely to be included in the fifth batch of conscripts, due to be called up in August" (par. 38-40).